(1) Each political party and political movement under Section 38 § 1 shall inform the head of the District Office, no later than 30 days before the plebiscite’s holding, about the name, surname and permanent residence of one member of the District Plebiscite Committee and one substitute member.

(2) The District Plebiscite Committee must have at least five members. Should the District Plebiscite Committee not be established in the manner stipulated in Paragraph 1 or should it have less than five members and should there be no substitute, the missing members of the District Plebiscite Committee shall be appointed by the head of the District Office from among qualified electors.

(3) The first meeting of the District Plebiscite Committee shall take place no later than 25 days before the plebiscite’s holding; the meeting shall be convoked by the head of the District Office.

(4) The District Plebiscite Committee shall a) oversee preparedness of the Precinct Plebiscite Committees for fulfilment of tasks under this Act, b) decide on complaints about procedure of the Precinct Plebiscite Committees, c) discuss information about securing of activities of its professional (reporting) unit, d) oversee finding out of election results in the election precincts; it shall be entitled to request the Precinct Plebiscite Committees for explanations or other information and upon agreement with the Precinct Plebiscite Committee it can correct the found mistakes on its own or request the Precinct Plebiscite Committee to correct the found mistakes, e) find out the plebiscite results, f) issue minutes on the plebiscite results and submit it to the Central Plebiscite Committee.